Improvement in gig-saddles



S. S. 82 A. V. S AR GE ANT.

Gig-Saddles. No. 209,427. Patented Oct. 29,1878.

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL S. SARGEANT AND ABRAHAM V. SARGEANT, OF NEWARK, N. J.

IMPROVEMENT IN GlG-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,427, dated October29,1878, application filed September 21, 1877. e

To all whom it may concern: v Beit known that we, SAMUEL S. SARGEANT andABRAHAM V. SABGEANT, of Newark, in

V the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,

have invented certain Improvements in Gig- Saddles; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification-'- Figure 1' being a view of the under side of agig-saddle tree, with skirts attached, constructed with ourimprovements; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the iron treeseparate; Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, views of parts detached.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

The several features of our invention will be specified in order in thedescription of parts herein given.

The iron treeA has its terret-nut recesses a aeach inclosed or coveredon the under side by an elastic strip, B, suitably made of metal, whichalso serves the purpose of a stiffener for the skirt. For this purposethe strip is riveted or otherwise attached to the tree at the upper endof the terret-nut recess, and it extends thence downward through a loop,0, at the lower end of the recess, being held in position by the saidloop and its elasticity, which causes it to press downward upon the bowof the loop, and from this loop it continues downward under far enoughto stiffen the saddleskirt 0 and keep it in place.

The shape which we give to the stiffener, for the double purpose of itsuse, is represented in Figs. 1 and 2. Thus we furnish a good support forthe skirt-stiffener, and make it serve the additional function of acover for the terret-nut recess.

We have an improved device for holding the terret-nut D, consisting of apeculiarlyconstructed metallic loop or socket, E, attached to the upperend of the back-band G, and acting in connection with the said backbandto hold the nut, which has two flanges or projections, 01 d,'thatretain, it in position between the holding-socket and the upper end ofthe back band, as follows: The holder socket has a flange, f, which lapsby and fits against the under side of the back-band, as

shown in Fig. 4, and by means of which-the socket is riveted to the saidback-band. This flange also is somewhat hollow at g, and thereby formsabove the attaching rivets a cavity or recess, together with theback-band, to hold the lower flange dof the nut. The upper flange clprojects under the upper end of the socket, hollowed to receive it.Thus, when the holder-socket is secured to the back-band with the nut inplace, the upper flange cl of the nut being held in the hollow of theupper end of the socket and its lower flange in the hollow g in thelower part of the socket against the upper end of the back-band,'thesaid nut is thereby retained in place, not rigidly, but so as to adaptitself to the position of the terret-screw. By this means alsolessthickness of space is occupied by the back-band and nut-holder, thusofierin g greater facility in inserting and removingthe same.

A metallic back-band loop, constructed to receive and hold theterret-nut at its upper end, is used when it is desired that thebackbaud should have a swinging motion. The mode of constructing theback-band loop to receive and carry the terret-nut is shown in Figs. 5,6, and 7, showing, respectively, a sideedge view, a top view, and abottom view, of the loop. It is, or may be, of malleable iron, and ithas a socket, h, formed in its under side, at the upper end, to receivethe flanges d d of the terret-nut D, and a hole, 41, through it toreceive the body of the nut, which is secured to the loop by rivets k k.

As another feature of improvement in the saddle, we furnish the skirtnear the lower end with a locking-plate to hold the back-band totheskirt. Two modes of applying the lockin g-plate are shown in Fig. 1. Atthe lefthand end of the saddle a simple plate, H, is shown, riveted orotherwise attached to the under side of the skirt, this plate beingprovided with an oblong slot, Z, to receive a locking-project-ion, I,secured to the under side of the back-band. Thiskey-projection has ahead, m, of proper form to pass through the slot in the locking-platewhen the back-band is turned roundinto a transverse or oblique positionbefore inserting it into place in the saddle, and when the backband isbrought into its proper upright position the oblong head of the projection is brought across the slot of the plate, as shown, therebyholding the back-band to the skirt. As shown at the righthand end of thesaddle in the same figure, the lockingplate is the skirt-stifi'ener Bitself, thus dispensing with a separate plate. This skirtstifl'ener mayhave a slot, as shown in the other plate; but we have shown a differentform of locking-aperture in it, consisting of one or two enlarged parts,at n, and narrower parts, 0 0, below the other parts. The lockin gprojection or projections to suit this form of aperture, as shown inFigs. 1 and 4, may consist of one or two studs, I I, with heads 1) p, ofproper size to go through the enlarged parts, a n, of the openings butwhen the studs are slipped down into the narrow parts, 0 0, of theopenings the heads thereof cannot be drawn through the same, and thusthe lock is the same in effect as the one first described. Othervariations of form may be adopted.

The purposes accomplished by the abovedescribed improvements areimportant and valuable. By them we are enabled to make up saddles'without back-bands and mountings, and then the dealer or purchaser mayhave any style of back-band and mounting attached that suits or pleaseshim best. Thus the saddle is made up in the manut'actury complete,except the parts of which it is desirable to select the style, accordingto purpose or fancy, which parts are constructed to be inserted at anytime into the made-up saddle Without taking the same apart ordisarranging it.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is Y 1. The skirt-stiffener B, attached'at the upper end of theterret-nut recess a to the tree, and extending thence down under thesaid recess and through a loop, 0, at the lower end thereof,substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. The nut-holding socket E, attached to and projecting upward from theupper end of the back-band G, in combination with the terret-nut D,provided with projecting flanges d d, substantially as shown, the saidflanges being held by the socket in connection with the upper end of theback-band, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

3. In combination with the saddle-skirt and back-band, a separablelocking device, H I, one part, H, being attached to the lower part ofthe skirt, and the other part, I, attached to the back-band in acorresponding position, whereby the back-band is detachably held to thelower end of the skirt, in addition to its suspending attachment to thesaddle, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

The foregoing specification signed by us this 13th day of September, 1877 S. S. SARGEANT.

Witnesses: A. V. SABGEANT.

H. D. OGDEN, THEo. J. WERNER.

